Cory Booker Heads to the Senate With Help from Out-of-State Money

On Wednesday, October 16, Newark Mayor Cory Booker was declared victorious in his race against Republican Steve Lonegan to replace Frank Lautenber in the U.S. Senate.

MapLight's Voter's Edge for New Jersey's special election shows that much of Booker's campaign contributions came from out-of-state including money from some of the largest and most well known corporations in America, including Facebook, Disney, and Goldman Sachs.

Data: MapLight analysis of campaign contributions made during the 2014 cycle to candidates running for New Jersey's U.S. Senate seat in the October 16, 2013 special election, based on latest data from the Federal Election Commission as of October 4, 2013.

Cory Booker has raised raised 77 percentof his money from donors outside of New Jersey including contributions from Disney ($25,900), Facebook ($44,700), and Goldman Sachs ($19,600).

About our data

Read the details about our data sources and methodology. Data refers to direct contributions to the campaign committees of elected legislators. For example, contribution totals exclude contributions to party committees such as the RNC or the DNC and exclude contributions made to individuals that did not win their election.

For U.S. Congress, contributions data provided by the Center for Responsive Politics (OpenSecrets.org) and legislative data provided by GovTrack.us.

California contributions data provided by the National Institute on Money in State Politics (FollowTheMoney.org).